Quick Answer. A limited government is a constitutional government with limited power and checks and balances in place whereas an unlimited government is an authoritarian and totalitarian government. The United States is an example of a limited government. Continue Reading
According to IAS 27, Subsidiary is defined as an entity over which the parent exerts control, i.e. the power to govern the financial and operating matters and to obtain benefits from its activities. In order to do this, the parent has to acquire a percentage of ownership exceeding 50% in the holding company.
Parent companies can be either hands-on or hands-off with subsidiaries, depending on the amount of managerial control given to subsidiary managers. BREAKING DOWN 'Parent Company' A parent company is a larger corporation that has significant ownership over a subsidiary or group of subsidiaries. These partially or wholly-owned smaller companies are controlled by the parent, to varying degrees; however, all parent companies, for the most part, own more than 50% of a subsidiary's voting stock.